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1wine — ► NOUN 1) an alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice. 2) a fermented alcoholic drink made from other fruits or plants. ● good wine needs no bush Cf. ↑good wine needs no bush ● wine and dine Cf. ↑wine and dine …
2wine and dine someone — wine and dine (someone) to entertain someone by giving them an expensive meal and wine. I m an old fashioned girl at heart I like to be wined and dined on the first few dates. (usually passive) …
3wine and dine — (someone) to entertain someone by giving them an expensive meal and wine. I m an old fashioned girl at heart I like to be wined and dined on the first few dates. (usually passive) …
4wine and dine — verb 1. eat sumptuously we wined and dined in Paris • Hypernyms: ↑feast, ↑banquet, ↑junket • Entailment: ↑eat, ↑drink, ↑booze, ↑fuddle …
5wine — wineless, adj. winish, adj. /wuyn/, n., adj., v., wined, wining. n. 1. the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and… …
6dine — [[t]da͟ɪn[/t]] dines, dining, dined VERB: no passive When you dine, you have dinner. [FORMAL] to wine and dine → see wine [V adv/prep] He dines alone most nights... [V adv/prep] That night the two men dined at Wilson s club …
7wine — [[t]wa͟ɪn[/t]] ♦♦ wines, wining, wined 1) N MASS Wine is an alcoholic drink which is made from grapes. You can also refer to alcoholic drinks made from other fruits or vegetables as wine. ...a bottle of white wine... This is a nice wine.… …
8dine well — to be a drunkard and a glutton The goodness lies in the excess of food and wine: Birkenhead... who, in the language of the day, dined well . (Graham Stewart, 1999) …
9dine — [daın] v [i]formal [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: diner, from Vulgar Latin disjejunare to eat after not eating for a time ] to eat dinner ▪ He was dining with friends at the Ritz. →wine and dine sb at ↑wine2 dine on/off [dine on/off sth] …
10wine and dine — ► wine and dine entertain with drinks and a meal. Main Entry: ↑wine …